03 October 2014
The haunting Greek musical style Rembetika (the "Greek Blues") will be the theme of a trilogy of events - two concerts and a film - which will be raising money for the Leukaemia Cancer Society, starting this month. And appropriately enough, given the large Greek-speaking presence in our area, the first two events in the Trilogy of the Greek Blues will be taking place locally.
The Trilogy begins with Rembetika and Beyond - A Journey into the Greek Blues, a concert at the Millfield Theatre.......
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24 September 2014
Enfield Carers Centre has contacted Palmers Green Community asking for help from our readers for its Best Breakfast Campaign, which will take place in October. A good opportunity for those of us who are fortunate enough not to have carer responsibilities (at the moment anyway) to help this organisation provide its invaluable support to those who need it.
Dear Friends in Palmers Green,
Many of our registered carers live in N13 so it’s great to see that community spirit in N13 is live.......
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21 September 2014
The newest addition to our Community Directory is Studio 306, which is a community interest company based in the Chocolate Factory, Wood Green. Studio 306 helps people to recover from mental health problems by empowering them to use their creativity. Specialised tutors teach them, helping them to rediscover forgotten skills, learn new ones and boost their confidence in four creative disciplines:
ceramics - produced using stoneware slip and earthenware clay and featuring bright and.......
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27 July 2014
Nightingale Cancer Support Centre - entry in Palmers Green Community Directory
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04 February 2014
Lottery funded ‘Stroke and PAT’ project offers highly innovative, and motivating, therapeutic opportunities for stroke survivors to incorporate PAT dogs into their rehabilitation treatment programme. It is a collaborative venture between the national charity Pets As Therapy, founding Director of Stroke Rehab Dogs, Sallie Bollans, and the Ruth Winston Centre, London N13........
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28 October 2013
If you're planning to send charity Christmas cards this year, be careful where you buy them from! If you purchase them from a well-known High Street name, the chances are that most of the money you spend will go to the retailer, not to the charity. Very few shops pass on more than 25 per cent of the selling price to the named charity, and the average figure is actually closer to 10 per cent. We don't yet have the figures for 2013, but the Charities Advisory Trust carried out research last year.......
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28 August 2013
When you visit the Palmers Green Community Festival on Sunday 1st September, be sure to visit the stand run by Noah's Ark Children's Hospice. This is a locally based charity with a difference: a hospice without its own building. Instead of patients coming to them, they come to the patients and care for them - and the other members of their families - in famliar home surroundings.
Noah's Ark estimate that there are 900 children in the boroughs they serve - Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and.......
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20 January 2025
Earlier this month TV stars Sarah Parish and James Murray were special guests at Barnet-based Noah's Ark children's hospice, where their charitable foundation, the Murray Parish Trust, is funding drama therapy sessions for sick children.
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27 July 2020
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected its fundraising, the North London Hospice needs to buy expensive syringe drivers so that patients can manage pain.
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26 October 2020
For the 27th year in succession, Palmers Green United Reformed Church will be hosting the Cards for Good Causes Christmas card shop. Undeterred by Covid, enough volunteers have come forward to open the shop inside the church for six hours a day, six days a week for nearly seven weeks. They are doing this in a truly good cause, because when you buy your cards from Cards for Good Causes you can be certain that the money will be going to the charities.
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16 March 2022
Baker and Chase estate agents are acting as a drop-off point for people to donate Easter Eggs to the Enfield Food Bank.
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03 February 2021
It has been an intense start to 2021 for all at Noah's Ark. They are receiving a large number of referrals for children requiring acute care. An already very significant local need has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Please help them find the additional specialist nurses required to support the children relying on Noah's Ark through the pandemic, and beyond.
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09 June 2021
The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre's annual charity golf day is back this year, on 13th August
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24 October 2022
The charity Solace is warning that the current economic crisis, especially the rises in the cost of living, poses a serious threat to the safety of its clients - women and families who are victims of domestic abuse.
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10 January 2024
The wonderful Enfield-based charity Cooking Champions never cease to amaze. In March, to mark International Women's Day, they're organising a special Inspiring Women Gala Dinner, with some very special guest chefs. And they're offering a chance for us to nominate an Inspiring Woman who'll be invited along for free.
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19 March 2025
Bounds Green Food Bank have launched a campaign called Sponsor a Neighbour. They are asking people to set up a regular weekly or monthly donation using the Kindlink website.
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